Recruitment firm suspended fortrying to send workers to Lebanon

THE Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) on Thursday suspended Inter-Globe Manpower and Consultancy Services Inc. for trying to send workers to Lebanon. POEA chief Hans Leo Cacdac said his office does not allow processing and deployment of newly-hired household helpers to Lebanon pending resolution of issues in standard employment contract, specifically on minimum salary and repatriation of workers in case of war. Cacdac said “Inter-Globe committed serious violations of the POEA Rules relative to the recruitment and placement of the two household service workers. The workers’ plight gives us reasonable ground to believe that the continued operation of the respondent will result in further violation or exploitation of workers being recruited, deployed, or those already at the worksite”.